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Need a Boroscope

DNK

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Need it for looking into ceiling cavity so not looking for a real good one.
Is the HF one worth it?
 
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Not sure for this use if I need anything long
Just need to shoot it in a ceiling chase, between floors, to see what surprises I might find before I open it up to run an exhaust vent through it
 

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If you only need it for occasional use and don't have to have TV quality, consider the very inexpensive USB endoscopes available on eBay and Amazon. You will find them with a variety of lengths, resolutions, and degrees of flexibility. Once plugged into your laptop or phone you configure it and use it as a webcam. The one I bought is 720p. It allowed me to inspect the inside of my Mini's LH fuel tank. I chose a highly flexible model and later found when I did need a more rigid setup all I needed to do is tape the cord and camera head to a length of coat hanger. While not perfect, at only about $15 it exceeded my expectations.
 

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I have one of those cheap Chinese boroscopes that you plug into your phone (and even has a light). It's really not bad. Cost maybe $10.
 

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The cheap ones are fine for checking inside walls etc, but a higher quality scope is needed for checking cylinder bores, the cheap scopes are grainey in detail, but will find a truck if one is parked in there! :encouragement: :jester:
 

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The cheap ones are fine for checking inside walls etc, but a higher quality scope is needed for checking cylinder bores, the cheap scopes are grainey in detail, but will find a truck if one is parked in there!

Exactly !

As I mentioned in my earlier post, the USB endoscopes don't have great resolution but they are good enough for "macro" work. In my case I wanted to see how badly corroded the inside of a fuel tank was. Later, working with the camera in the tank and strong external lighting I used the camera to locate pinholes. The USB endoscope represented $15 well spent but it was not movie quality.
 
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